- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- August 17, 1963
- Place of Birth
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Don McKellar
Don McKellar CM (born August 17, 1963) is a Canadian actor, writer, playwright, and filmmaker. He was part of a loosely-affiliated group of filmmakers to emerge from Toronto known as the Toronto New Wave. He is known for directing and writing the film Last Night, which won the Prix de la Jeunesse at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival, as well as his screenplays for films such as Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould, The Red Violin, and Blindness. McKellar frequently acts in his own projects, and has also appeared in Atom Egoyan's Exotica and David Cronenberg's eXistenZ and Crimes of the Future. He is also known for being a fixture on Canadian television, with series including Twitch City, Odd Job Jack, and Slings & Arrows, as well as writing the book for the popular Tony Award-winning musical The Drowsy Chaperone. He is an eight-time nominee and two-time Genie Award winner. Description…
Filmography
movieNash the Slash Rises Again!
2025 · Self - Russell the Serial Killer/Self - Pokey Jones(archive footage)
movieThe Occupant of the Room
2025 · Minturn
movieNo Other Choice
2025 · Screenplay
tvThe Haunted Season
2024 · Minturn
tvThe Sympathizer
2024 · Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
tvLaw & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent
2024 · Les Cake
movieCrimes of the Future
2022 · Wippet
movieThe Middle Man
2021 · Doctor
movieThe Curse of Audrey Earnshaw
2020 · Bernard Buckley
movieTarget Number One
2020 · Norm
tvHey Lady!
2020 · Dr. Wolfe
movieAmerican Woman
2019 · Newscaster 1 (voice)
movieThrough Black Spruce
2019 · Journalist, Director
movieWaiting for Ishtar
2017 · Self
movieMeditation Park
2017 · Gabriel
movieBlood Honey
2017 · Dr. Bert Morrison
movieLolz-ita
2017 · Eric
movieWindow Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming
2017 · Dietmar (voice)
tvMichael: Every Day
2017 · Executive Producer
movieYour Mother and I
2016 · Father
movieCloset Monster
2016 · Story Editor
movieZoom
2016 · Horowitz
movieIt's Not You
2015 · Director, Writer
tvSensitive Skin
2014 · Al, Executive Producer
movieThe Grand Seduction
2014 · Director
movieThree Days in Havana
2014 · Pepe
movieTreading Water
2013 · Richard
movieSubconscious Password
2013 · The Host (voice)
movieI'm Yours
2012 · Phil
movieTrigger
2010 · Brian
movieScott Pilgrim vs. the World
2010 · Director
movieThis Movie Is Broken
2010 · Idea, Writer
movieCooking With Stella
2010 · Michael Laffont
tvRepublic of Doyle
2010 · J.J. Murphy
movieLeslie, My Name Is Evil
2009 · Prosecutor
movieGreen Door
2008 · Ron
movieBlindness
2008 · Thief, Screenplay
movieRedacted
2007 · Criminal Investigator (voice)
moviePhone Call From Imaginary Girlfriends: Istanbul
2007 · Director, Writer
moviePhone Call From Imaginary Girlfriends: Ankara
2007 · Director, Writer
movieMonkey Warfare
2006 · Dan
tvPrairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story
2006 · Clarence Fines
movieWhere the Truth Lies
2005 · Publishing Executive
movieChildstar
2004 · Rick Shille, Director, Writer
movieClean
2004 · Vernon
movieWeird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
2004 · Self / Pokey Jones / Patrick Wheeler / Matt Shapiro / Brad
tvSlings & Arrows
2003 · Darren Nichols
tvOdd Job Jack
2003 · Jack Ryder (voice)
movieThe Event
2003 · Matt Shapiro
moviePublic Domain
2003 · Host
movieRub & Tug
2002 · Conrad
movieTrudeau
2002 · Greenbaum
movieWaydowntown
2002 · Brad
movieI Was a Rat
2001 · Oliver Tapscrew
tvDegrassi
2001 · Keith
The Art of Woo
2001 · Nathan
moviePreludes
2000 · Director
movieThis Might Be Good
2000
movieA Word from the Management
2000 · Director, Writer
movieVinyl
2000 · Himself
movieSea People
1999 · Mr. Whittaker
movieeXistenZ
1999 · Yevgeny Nourish
movieThe Passion of Ayn Rand
1999 · Alfred
movieThe Red Violin
1998 · Evan Williams (Montréal), Screenplay
movieLast Night
1998 · Patrick Wheeler, Director, Writer
movieElimination Dance
1998 · Male Dance Partner, Writer, Director
tvTwitch City
1998 · Curtis, Writer, Teleplay, Story, Creator
movieNever Met Picasso
1997 · Jerry
movieSarabande
1997 · Max
movieIn the Presence of Mine Enemies
1997 · Paul Heller
movieJoe's So Mean to Josephine
1997 · Mike
tvOnce a Thief
1996
movieDance Me Outside
1995 · Writer
movieWhen Night Is Falling
1995 · Timothy
movieCamilla
1994 · Security Guard
movieExotica
1994 · Thomas
movieArrowhead
1994 · Ray Bud
movieThirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould
1993 · Concert Promoter, Screenplay
movieGiant Steps
1992 · Real Estate Hucker
movieMy Niagara
1992 · Cabel
movieBlue
1992 · Writer, Director
movieThe Adjuster
1991 · Tyler, the young censor
movieHighway 61
1991 · Pokey Jones, Story, Screenplay
movieRoadkill
1989 · Russel, the Serial Killer, Screenplay